DEATHS OF CONVICTS.
HUNGER STRIKERS SUCCUMB. PHILADEPLHIA, Aug. 23. A five-day hunger strike in the county prison against wliat was declared to be monotonous food ended when four convicts were found dead in their isolation cells to-day. Superintendent William Mills announced that the men had committed suicide, but the Coroner said that there were mysterious circumstances surrounding their deaths. Their bodies were black and blue, and the skin liad been burnt off in places. Mr Mills said that these men were the trouble-makers. The other hungerstrikers had succumbed gradually to an aroma of roast beef which was circulated throughout the prison, but the four men who died liad hung on doggedly. Mr Mills denied that rubber hoses, live steam and tear gas were used. Ha added that possibly the men were killed while fighting among themselves. The Coroner iater declared that the men had been scalded to death. Two State investigations are opening to-day.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 227, 24 August 1938, Page 9
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154DEATHS OF CONVICTS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 227, 24 August 1938, Page 9
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